More Mobile News Consumers Choosing Web Over Apps — Mobile apps were supposed to be the reset button for the news industry. The last fifteen years have shown how hard it is to get consumers to pay for content on websites or pay attention to ads there. In the app environment, all that was going to be different.

Search Inside Gmail Attachments — Gmail has constantly improved its search technology, but there's something you couldn't do until recently: search inside attachments. Sure, you could find an attachment if you knew the filename or some keywords from the message.

Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8 — Now five times less likely to be on a PC than early-adoption benchmark set by Windows 7 — With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point …

The Long Goodbye? Despite the missteps, Microsoft insists it's still serious about advertising. The ad world has doubts — There was a time not so long ago when Microsoft threw the biggest digital media event of the year. In 2006, at the company's once-annual but now-defunct Strategic Account Summit …

Windows Phone 8: what's the big secret? — Microsoft's SDK no-show leaves developers frustrated — Even though Windows Phone 8 is lined up for a launch event at the end of this month, many members of Microsoft's developer community still don't have access to vital tools needed to bring …

Deutsche Telekom Said to Near Deal With MetroPCS in U.S. — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is nearing a deal with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) to bolster its T-Mobile USA division, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — Deutsche Telekom's board is scheduled to meet …

Seattle Police Department Uses Twitter to Report Crime — SEATTLE — The business of policing, as cops have known since at least the first bobbies on the beat, is partly about being seen on the job, having a local presence, even if it is just twirling a baton down the avenue.